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Kentucky State Police Trooper Charles Loudermilk said 18-year-old Devon Kaczmarski is still missing, and they don’t have any leads on his whereabouts.
The Crittenden teen was last seen Sept. 15 in the parking lot of the Crittenden McDonald’s with two unidentified males, according to footage from store cameras.

As two sides of the same coin, Grant County residents Troy Pendleton and Charles Little Jr. filled each other’s needs as co-authors.
With big, bold ideas for comic books and novels, Pendleton found a working partnership with detailed-oriented Little, which birthed “Dead or Alive: The Reaper’s Redemption” as their first novel.

Mothers across continents, species and centuries have all shared one thing in common: an innate desire to protect their children. As a mother-to-be and an advocate for cancer patients across the Commonwealth, I can say with certainty that quitting tobacco is one of the most important things you can do to protect your child and improve your own health.

At one Kentucky hospital, people are actually bringing in heroin and shooting up with patients.
That’s one example of the “very desperate situation” the opioid-abuse crisis has created, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President Dave Adkisson said while testifying before a panel of state legislators recently in the Capitol Annex.

News of devastation across Texas and Florida struck a chord for many Grant County residents. Many have spent time raising money, collecting donations and supplies, sending good thoughts, prayers and even making the tip to help those in need has been everyday conversation for Grant County. One family even found refuge in Grant County as Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida.

Florida family turns evacuation into vacation
Evacuating Hurricane Irma became more of an impromptu family vacation for the Rolston family rather than exodus for safety.

A Grant County deputy, who was suspended without pay in June, has filed a lawsuit against Grant County Sheriff Chuck Dills.
The lawsuit, which also names Chief Deputy Brian Maines and Deputy Bobby Webb, was filed by Tim Slone in Grant County Circuit Court.
Slone, 53, has worked for the sheriff’s office since 2009.

About 10 cars were broken into around the Maple Ridge subdivision in Crittenden early Sept. 15, according to Kentucky State Police Trooper Charles Loudermilk.
KSP and the Boone County Sheriff’s Office are working together to find the culprits. Loudermilk said items taken haven’t been released to the public.

To the taxpayer, the solution to Kentucky’s pension crisis may seem simple: Just move those public employees from pensions to a 401(k).
Indeed, Kentucky’s pension consultant — PFM Group — recommended that very thing when it released a report in August calling for moving state and local government employees in non-hazardous jobs to a 401(k)type benefit plan — as well as teachers hired in the future.